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CAP. 227]
Magistrates
[1988 Ed.
(a) where the magistrate determines not to commit the accused for trial,
after he has so determined;
(b) where the magistrate commits the accused or any of the accused for trial, after the conclusion of his trial or, as the case may be, the trial of the last to be tried.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where at any time during committal proceedings the magistrate assumes power to deal with the offence summarily under section 91 or 92, a report of so much of the committal proceedings containing any such matter as takes place before the magistrate assumes such power may be published or broadcast, after the magistrate has assumed power, as part of a report of the summary trial.
(7) A report of committal proceedings published or broadcast without any order under subsection (2) and before the time specified in subsections (5) and (6) may contain
(a) the identity of the court and the name of the magistrate;
(b) the names, addresses, occupations and ages of the parties and witnesses;
(c) the offence, or a summary thereof, with which the accused is charged; (d) the names of counsel and solicitors engaged in the proceedings;
(e) any decision of the magistrate to commit the accused for trial, and any decision of the magistrate on the disposal of the case of any defendants not committed;
(f) where the magistrate commits the accused for trial, the charge, or a summary thereof, on which he is committed and the court to which he is committed;
(g) where the committal proceedings are adjourned, the date and places to which they are adjourned;
(h) any arrangements as to bail on committal or adjournment;
(i) whether legal aid was granted to the accused.
(8) If a report is published or broadcast in contravention of this section, the following persons---
(a) in the case of publication of a written report as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, any proprietor, editor, publisher or distributor thereof;
(b) in the case of a publication of a written report otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, the person who publishes or distributes it;
(c) in the case of a broadcast of a report, any person who transmits or provides the programme in which the report is broadcast and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
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